Thank you, and no I do not mind.
Yes I did use a GND. There was very little PP, and everything was done in LR3. The details are: Shot RAW... so I applied a little clarity (+20), sharpening(radius=0.7, amount=38), and NR. For "Tone Curve" I picked the "Strong Contrast" preset, and enabled the "Lens Profile". The only thing I did out of the ordinary for my pictures is I did use the brush in LR3 to increase the exposure on the lighthouse a little bit.